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The chapter on Criminal Law deals with both substantive and procedural aspects of criminal law. With respect to substantive law, the central topic consists of the three main aspects of a crime, the physical act, the mental state of the agent and the measure in which the act can be attributed to the agent. The procedural law part focuses on the inquisitorial and accusatorial aspects of criminal procedures and on the presumption of innocence.
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Keiler, J., Panzavolta, M., Roef, D. (2014). Criminal Law. In: Hage, J., Akkermans, B. (eds) Introduction to Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06910-4_7
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